Description

A set of south- and east-facing granite bluffs near the golf course between Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs. The climbing features slab, crack and face climbing on grippy, fine-grained stone featured with many xenolithic inclusions which weather to give pockets of all size from monodoight to head sized.

The Harrison Bluffs saw most of its traffic in the 1990's, but popularity died out somewhat and many routes became overgrown. Recently (2006) climbers have been cleaning the area again to improve the mossy state of several climbs. Also several new routes are being cleaned. The rock in the area is very solid granite and it offers many nice slab and crack climbs ranging from 5.8'ish and up.

The climbing is at its best between March and November but is low-elevation enough to be good on sunny days through the winter. In general, weekdays are pretty quiet and weekends see up to a half dozen parties climbing. The range of grades is generally 5.8 and up and there are climbs up to 6 pitches long, plus extensive bouldering.

Getting There

From Agassiz take Harrison Hot Springs Rd. towards HHS. The bluffs are visible as you enter Harrison ( they are the big granite walls on your left as you come close HHS, just past the golf course) at the end of the golf course there is a small parking spot on the left side of the road. Park in front of the gate and hike to a small bridge across a slough (about 5 mins) At the far side of the bridge there is a path leading into the forest, follow the path and it will take you directly to the bottom of the lowest climbs.

Climb the long, sustained, right leaning finger crack. A mix of jamming and face climbing with a few tiny face holds for rests. Near the top it is possible to stem right to the next crack (Sliver) At top, move left under block to the belay of Wayback Layback.A massive sandbag at 10d in the original Bluffs guide....[more]Browse More Classics in International

Heads up, a couple black bears have been hanging around the Le Pred area and coming as far over as Pig Pen/Sleeping Princess. One of them left a big turd on the ledge above the latter route, last weekend. Be "bear aware" around the crag, make noise to let them know you are there, and keep your dog from running off into the woods to make new friends.

A project is in the works at the far left roof that will link the steep crack into the offwidth by climbing the face. I've left 3 nuts and 2 draws hanging for cleaning.....I will find you if you remove any of these. They have not been fall tested, so climb at your own risk.

Went out to Harrison a couple weeks ago, and we could definitely tell there's been a lot of effort put into cleaning new and old routes, in addition to the trail maintenance. Good work. Just a suggestion for posting info on this site; please post photos of the new routes to avoid any confusion regarding where they are located, which way they go, etc. It would be be very helpful in the future. Thanks again for cleaning everything out there. Looks great. Cheers.